This wiry blond English actor has excelled in character roles, playing everything from villains to a transsexual. Born and raised in rural Cambridge, England, Steven Mackintosh began acting as a child in local theatricals. At the age of 12, he was tapped for his professional debut in a play at London's Bush Theatre in which he played "this beast of a child who swore and cursed at everyone." Soon thereafter, the teen was cast as Nigel, the glue-sniffing, exercised-obsessed pal of the title character in "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4". Mackintosh's career received a further boost when he landed the role of Eugene Jerome in the London premiere of Neil Simon's autobiographical "Brighton Beach Memoirs".

This wiry blond English actor has excelled in character roles, playing everything from villains to a transsexual. Born and raised in rural Cambridge, England, Steven Mackintosh began acting as a child in local theatricals. At the age of 12, he was tapped for his professional debut in a play at London's Bush Theatre in which he played "this beast of a child who swore and cursed at everyone." Soon thereafter, the teen was cast as Nigel, the glue-sniffing, exercised-obsessed pal of the title character in "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4". Mackintosh's career received a further boost when he landed the role of Eugene Jerome in the London premiere of Neil Simon's autobiographical "Brighton Beach Memoirs".

Education

Hills Road Sixth Form College:
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The Sylvia Young Theatre School:
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Sawston Village College:
- 1979

The Middle School Hall:
- 1980

Notes

"He is a complete chameleon. He never brings himself to the role. He's defintiely a receiver--he soaks up characters like blotting paper. I can't praise him highly enough." --British producer Phillipa Giles ("Our Mutual Friend"), quoted in the London Times, September 5, 1998,

"I don't believe in chasing things too hard or being on a treadmill. My work's always been better and more enjoyable when I've had another life in between, There's danger you can lose enthusiasm. A certain lethargy can creep into your work." --Steven Mackintosh quoted in Los Angeles Times, September 18. 1997.